bát ô-tô

Vietnamese

Etymology

From bát (“bowl”) +‎ ô-tô (“car”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːt̚˧˦ ʔo˧˧ to˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːk̚˦˧˥ ʔow˧˧ tow˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːk̚˦˥ ʔow˧˧ tow˧˧]

Noun

(classifier cái) bát ô-tô

1. (Northern Vietnam) a large bowl, "large" only in comparison to the small bát/chén/đọi in East Asia, but actually regular-sized elsewhere, usually used to contain more food than a small portion of rice for a person